We are engaged in practice-relevant research on the organization and delivery of primary health care, focused on:
Health Services Delivery Models
Medication: Appropriateness and Deprescribing
Access and Equity: Disadvantaged Populations
Population Health: Modifiable Risk Factors and End-of-life Care
Mental Health & Francophone Health
Medical Education Innovations
We offer support to clinician-investigators, researchers, and residents, including:
Project budget planning;
Database development;
Data entry and validation;
Data form creation;
Human resource needs assessment;
Refining research questions;
Research ethics board consultation;
Statistical analysis;
Study design and methodology; and,
Study logistics.
A number of our researchers and clinician-investigators are affiliated with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Residents may have the opportunity to work with health administration data.
The Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa is a national leader in primary health care research. Our faculty members, residents and staff are engaged in scholarship and research that advances the quality and delivery of primary care for all Canadians. View the research profile of our team members, clinician-investigators, and researchers for a description of their work and accomplishments.
Douglas Archibald, PhD
Director of Research and Innovation
Department of Family Medicine
